Donor milk is no better than formula for very low birthweight infants, study finds

Donor milk does not seem to improve neurodevelopment in very low birthweight infants any more than preterm formula, a study published in JAMA has found.1

Giving donor milk to very low birthweight infants has increased in the past 10 years despite a lack of information about associated outcomes. This study is the largest randomised blinded trial of donor human milk in very low birthweight infants to date and the only one …